Card and Word for the Year Ahead

Ace of Cups from The Tarot of Trees by Dana Driscoll

The Card

i 'pulled' this card from the deck on new year's eve asking for my card for the year...

what a wonderfully inspiring, uplifting card!

it denotes so many things: spring, love, romance, drawing on deep emotions, the element of water, intuition, the unconscious, the feminine, womb, birth, offering, the holy grail...

then yesterday i received this e-letter from dear SARK in my mailbox, as yet more confirmation :)

i confess my cup has often felt only half-full throughout 2010, and more often than not i perceived it as definitely half-empty, focusing too often on only what i can't do, and feeling only loss...

but i hope throughout this new year, whenever i'm feeling depleted, i'll remember this card and all the fullness it represents.

The Word

Christine over at the Abbey of the Arts invites us each year to choose a word for the year...

sometimes the word comes promptly, and sometimes you have to wait awhile...

i had to wait until christmas day when a dear friend gave me a little book of inspirational words and pictures...

Be not afraid of growing slowly. Be afraid only of standing still.

this chinese proverb - with it picture of a succulent desert plant - leapt off the page!

needless, to say, i see all these elements - the card, Sark's letter, the word and image - of a piece, giving me a clear message for the year ahead:

like a desert plant, i can draw nourishment from the least amount of blessing that befalls me. i can dive deep within my own pool of inner resources and become succulent and full, and eventually overflowing and a blessing to others...

this is my hope for 2011 :)